PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Manuscript
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choirbook
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Indentation for Initials
double
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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always
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calligraphic with decoration
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rarely
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Copy language name: German
Level of calligraphy text: poor
Locations part of: Switzerland
Number of staves: 2
Number of staves: 4
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
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